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Category : Aeronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 252
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Mission Report on the Orbiter Camera Payload System (Ocps) Large Format Camera (Lfc) and Attitude Reference System (Ars)
Author: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781724300911
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Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
The Orbiter Camera Payload System (OCPS) is an integrated photographic system which is carried into earth orbit as a payload in the Space Transportation System (STS) Orbiter vehicle's cargo bay. The major component of the OCPS is a Large Format Camera (LFC), a precision wide-angle cartographic instrument that is capable of producing high resolution stereo photography of great geometric fidelity in multiple base-to-height (B/H) ratios. A secondary, supporting system to the LFC is the Attitude Reference System (ARS), which is a dual lens Stellar Camera Array (SCA) and camera support structure. The SCA is a 70-mm film system which is rigidly mounted to the LFC lens support structure and which, through the simultaneous acquisition of two star fields with each earth-viewing LFC frame, makes it possible to determine precisely the pointing of the LFC optical axis with reference to the earth nadir point. Other components complete the current OCPS configuration as a high precision cartographic data acquisition system. The primary design objective for the OCPS was to maximize system performance characteristics while maintaining a high level of reliability compatible with Shuttle launch conditions and the on-orbit environment. The full-up OCPS configuration was launched on a highly successful maiden voyage aboard the STS Orbiter vehicle Challenger on October 5, 1984, as a major payload aboard mission STS 41-G. This report documents the system design, the ground testing, the flight configuration, and an analysis of the results obtained during the Challenger mission STS 41-G. Mollberg, Bernard H. and Schardt, Bruton B. Unspecified Center NASA-CR-186273, JSC-23184, NAS 1.26:186273 NAS9-17900...
Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports
Author: Monthly Catalogue, United States Public Documents
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1508
Book Description
32nd Aerospace Sciences Meeting & Exhibit: 94-0420 - 94-0459
Author: Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 956
Book Description
Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 826
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Exploring the Solar System
Author: R. LauniusPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 1137273178
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 705
Book Description
Beginning in the early days of the Space Age - well before the advent of manned spaceflight - the United States, followed soon by other nations, undertook an ambitious effort to study the planets of the solar system. The remarkable fruits of this research revolutionized the public's view of their celestial neighbors, capturing the imaginations of people from all backgrounds like nothing else save the Apollo lunar missions. From the first space probes to the most recent planetary rovers, they have continually delivered impressive discoveries and reshaped our understanding of the cosmos. Offering fascinating investigations into this crucial chapter in space history, this collection of specially commissioned essays from leading historians opens new vistas in our understanding of the development of planetary science.
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